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The News Agents
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Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond. With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player. .
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Jul 15
“A catastrophic data breach.”

For two years, the government took The News Agents to court over a leaked MOD document - under a super injunction.

Now it’s lifted.

@lewisgoodall.com reports on the hidden court that tried to silence us.

Watch here. ▶️
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The secret court that silenced the News Agents...until now Video | Global Player
For nearly two years the government has taken The News Agents and other journalists to a secret court to prevent us from reporting a story of huge public interest.
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 17m
Today on The News Agents:

- After a feisty PMQs over the China spy row - is Keir Starmer in jeopardy?

- Plus, are US figures trying to shape UK politics? From Elon Musk to anti-abortion groups, with NYT’s Jane Bradley.

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Are American billionaires trying to reshape British politics?
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 19m
“PMQs is a 𝘣𝘪𝘵 late to be doing your double checking.”

Has Starmer’s handling of the China spy fallout - from blaming the Tories to confusion over who knew what - weakened his authority?
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 3h
"The ADF has chosen Nigel Farage to focus on, building up this ally who has the potential to be a JD Vance-like figure in the future."

Can the Christian group that influenced the overturning of Roe v. Wade bring its extreme views to the UK?

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Is Nigel Farage being used as a pawn by US Christian extremists? | The News Agents
A New York Times report suggests Nigel Farage is being backed by Alliance Defending Freedom – a conservative Christian group dedicated to rolling back rights of many groups in the US. What does this…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 10h
"Surely it's possible to say: yes, China is both an economic opportunity and a national security threat!"

Did the government collapse a spy trial to protect British trade interests with China?

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 10h
“Does doing more trade with China outweigh bringing two alleged spies to justice?”

Did the UK government tank its own spy trial to protect China relations?

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Did the government willingly collapse the China spy trial? | The News Agents
A spy case against two men accused of working for China has collapsed amid claims the government failed to provide crucial evidence. Now politicians are pointing fingers at each other - and questions…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 11h
"He told me that he was too honourable to break off a friendship in a text or a letter, and then that email says we'll 'play some more soon'," Emily Maitlis says.

"What does that even mean? It sends shivers down my spine"

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‘Prince Andrew’s Epstein email sent a shiver down my spine’, says Emily Maitlis | The News Agents
Prince Andrew is accused of maintaining a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein for at least a year later than he previously claimed to have cut all communications, suggesting he lied to Emily Maitlis…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 12h
"Whether you agree with Zack Polanski or not it is important to have a different view articulated as effectively as some of the radical right have been doing.

"Potentially it helps rebalance the scales a little bit in everyday media discourse"

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Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents
In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 23h
On today’s podcast:

Who came out on top after the Labour and Tory conferences? The Greens. 💚

Did the government collapse a China spy trial to protect trade? 🕵️‍♂️

Listen here
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Did the government willingly collapse the China spy trial?
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d
“What’s the point of Your Party - an economically radical, populist left party - when that’s now the Green Party?”

After early missteps from Corbyn and Sultana’s formally unnamed movement, have Polanski’s Greens taken their space?

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d
"You need to be unapologetic, someone who gets the modern media environment and social media, and is a competent speaker - all of which Polanski is."

Why Zack Polanski is one of the only UK politicians with a reason to be cheerful right now

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Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents
In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d
“There’s facts and there’s finger-pointing - and at the moment there seems to be a lot more finger-pointing than there are facts.”

Who killed the China spy case? 🔍

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social| @lewisgoodall.com

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Did the government willingly collapse the China spy trial? | The News Agents
A spy case against two men accused of working for China has collapsed amid claims the government failed to provide crucial evidence. Now politicians are pointing fingers at each other - and questions ...
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d
"By God, I would not want to be saying that to a convicted paedophile."

Leaked email suggests Prince Andrew lied to Emily Maitlis during their 2019 interview – and one line in particular sends a shiver down her spine

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‘Prince Andrew’s Epstein email sent a shiver down my spine’, says Emily Maitlis | The News Agents
Prince Andrew is accused of maintaining a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein for at least a year later than he previously claimed to have cut all communications, suggesting he lied to Emily Maitlis…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d
“At some point there needs to be a reckoning."

The world celebrates as the Gaza peace deal is signed - but when is the time to question 𝘸𝘩𝘺 the war dragged on for so long?

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d
"The guns have fallen silent, mostly, but it is also, I think, journalistically negligent not to talk about the massive obstacles still in the way.

"God speed they can sort these out, but we ain't there yet, and thinking we are is just fallacious"
Israeli hostages home: ‘God speed peace can come, but we ain't there yet’ | The News Agents
The remaining living Israeli hostages, taken on October 7 2023, have been freed by Hamas, as part of Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan. But as the US president takes a “victory lap” of the Middle…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 2d
"I would go as far to say he was the architect."

Emily and Jon on their revelation that Tony Blair has been a pivotal player in the Gaza peace plan - much to the chagrin of civil servants.
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 2d
"This is an incredibly visceral moment – for the hostages, their families, and all those in Israel for whom time stopped on October 7th.

"Today, all 20 living hostages are home"
Israeli hostages home: ‘God speed peace can come, but we ain't there yet’ | The News Agents
The remaining living Israeli hostages, taken on October 7 2023, have been freed by Hamas, as part of Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan. But as the US president takes a “victory lap” of the Middle…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 2d
“We'll play some more soon”... it sends shivers down my spine.

It might be well-meaning, but I would not want to be saying that to a convicted pedophile.”

A newly published email from Prince Andrew to Epstein raises questions about their contact timeline.
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 3d
"Trump has taken from me a home, two jobs, a former marriage, my personal security and my life savings.

"This was not my plan, but I'm going to spend the next three and a half years, every single day, committed to shining a light on what is happening"
Targeted by Trump: ‘Every day I’m ready for a car of government agents to carry me away’ | The News Agents
Miles Taylor, who worked for Donald Trump during his first administration, and exposed his “inability” to serve in an anonymous article, tells The News Agents about his ongoing battle with the…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 3d
"There is no x-factor here. There is no superstar politician in-waiting. There's a sense that whoever walked into the room, your head wouldn't really turn."

Inside the 2025 Tory conference, and its lack of "any real power"
‘The Tory conference had a palpable absence of any real power’ | The News Agents
In the first Conservative conference since Kemi Badenoch became leader, has the party found a focus to tackle Labour, and Reform UK, in the next election?
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 3d
"What I want to see is the removal of activist judges," Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis

"Can you justify having a judge who, on social media, has given their views on immigration, or who is the trustee of a pro-borders charity? No, of course not"
Robert Jenrick denies 'Trumpian purge' after conference attack on ‘activist judges’ | The News Agents
Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute” and vows to make appointments a political decision under a future…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 4d
"Trickle-down economics just hasn't worked for ordinary people.

"We need more urgency around lifting the two child benefit cap. Every day that's in place, more kids go into poverty."

Lucy Powell tells The News Agents about her bid to become Labour deputy leader
Lucy Powell: Labour a ‘bit of a boys club’ and needs to be ‘more inclusive’ | The News Agents
Lucy Powell, Labour deputy leader contender, says she hopes to end the “boys club” and “groupthink” that exists in Keir Starmer’s government, and believes she is a voice of party membership, instead…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 4d
"This is the most extreme version of the options presented to her by her shadow Attorney General," Joshua Rozenberg says on Kemi Badenoch's intention to remove the UK from the ECHR.

"There needs to be much more discussion before that is a policy"
‘She’s taking the most extreme option’: Why Kemi Badenoch wants out of the ECHR | The News Agents
The Conservative Party will pull the UK from the European Convention of Human Rights if it wins the next general election, says Kemi Badenoch. Why has she chosen this extreme option?
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 4d
Ten years ago – maybe even five – comments like that would have gotten you the sack from the front bench of any major political party."

But in 2025, there was no apology from the Tories after Robert Jenrick's 'no white faces' comment
'Jenrick's 'white faces' comment would have once been enough to get an MP sacked' | The News Agents
Robert Jenrick has defended comments made in March 2025 about the lack of white people in an area of Birmingham he visited – and Tory colleagues have rallied to back him. But do his comments make…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 4d
"People like Neville represent a cultural and political threat, because the right wants them to think what they think - and very often they don’t."

Why Gary Neville's views on British flags made him a target for Farage
‘Gary Neville is a political threat to Nigel Farage because he doesn’t think the same' | The News Agents
Gary Neville has accused “angry, middle aged white men” of stoking division in the UK following the Manchester synagogue attack on Yom Kippur. His comments have angered right-wing voices, but is this…
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 5d
"She gave me a kiss and said, 'I'm glad you got that out of your system.'"

Watching his famous Battle with the Militant Left speech, Neil Kinnock becomes emotional, remembering his wife Glenys, who passed in 2023.
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